Alan Ashworth – Page 133

The joy of samplers

FOR the hard-up music lover in the late Sixties and early Seventies, budget-priced sampler albums were heaven-sent. For just a few bob you could travel through a record label’s roster … Continue readingThe joy of samplers

Ian Dury: Blockheads (live)

Featuring the one and only Wilko Johnson on guitar.

Eef Barzelay: I Wasn’t Really Drunk

I’ve remarked before that Eef sounds a lot like a young Loudon Wainwright III.

Junior Walker & The Allstars: (I’m A) Roadrunner

I was reminded of this while rewatching the brilliant Dr Feelgood documentary Oil City Confidential. Roadrunner was the late Lee Brilleaux’s favourite song and a template for his lifestyle.

Duane Allman & Boz Scaggs: Loan Me A Dime

Sheer class from 1969.

Linda Ronstadt: He Darked the Sun

Recommended by reader John Lewis, for which many thanks.

Curtis Mayfield: Dirty Laundry

Live version of the country-soul classic from the Eighties.

I’m rich (again)

I HAD always assumed that the emails one receives, usually from Nigeria, offering a share in a multi-million-pound fortune on condition of supplying one’s bank details were the product of … Continue readingI’m rich (again)

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings: When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings

Yesterday we saw them performing in a caff. Today they’re all dolled up for the 2019 Oscars, with the song they wrote for the Coen Brothers film The Ballad of … Continue readingGillian Welch and Dave Rawlings: When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings

Michael Nesmith, country heir

THE description ‘laid back’ could have been invented for Michael Nesmith. He turned up to an audition for the Monkees on his motorbike carrying his dirty laundry in a sack … Continue readingMichael Nesmith, country heir